Hundreds of trekkers stranded by a sudden blizzard near Mount Everest ’s eastern face in Tibet have been brought to safety, where a snowstorm has trapped nearly 1,000 people in campsites, Chinese state media reported on Sunday, as heavy snow and rain battered the Himalayas. By Sunday, 350 trekkers had reached the small township of Qudang, while contact had been established with the remaining 200-plus trekkers, CCTV reported, as quoted by the news agency Reuters. The hikers were trapped at an elevation of more than 4,900 meters (16,000 feet), according to an earlier report from Jimu News, a Chinese online site. Mount Everest is about 8,850 meters (29,000 feet) tall. The trekkers had been visiting the remote Karma valley, which leads to Everest’s eastern Kangshung face, taking adva

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